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Ordinary
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- 1 Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
- 2 Being part of the natural order of things; normal, customary, routine.
"On an ordinary day I wake up at nine o'clock, work for six hours, and then go to the gym."
- 3 Having no special characteristics or function; everyday, common, mundane; often deprecatory.
"I live a very ordinary life most of the time, but every year I spend a week in Antarctica."
- 4 Bad or undesirable. Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, informal
"1983 September 20, Bruce Stannard, Australia II Joins Our Greats, The Age, republished 2003, David Headon (editor), The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection, page 480, It was, in some ways a sad, almost pathetic sight to see this great American boat which had fought so hard throughout the cup summer, now looking very ordinary indeed."
- 1 lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered wordnet
- 2 not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree wordnet
- 1 A person with authority; authority, ordinance.; A person having immediate jurisdiction in a given case of ecclesiastical law, such as the bishop within a diocese.
- 2 The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day
- 3 (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields wordnet
- 4 A person with authority; authority, ordinance.; A courier; someone delivering mail or post. obsolete
"I […] will lay to till you come within hail […] but pray respond by the first ordinary."
- 5 an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel wordnet
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- 6 A person with authority; authority, ordinance.; A judge with the authority to deal with cases himself or herself rather than by delegation.
- 7 a judge of a probate court wordnet
- 8 A person with authority; authority, ordinance.; The chaplain of Newgate prison, who prepared condemned prisoners for death. historical
"He died with pious composure and resolution. I have just seen the Ordinary that attended him."
- 9 a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death wordnet
- 10 Something ordinary or regular.; Customary fare, one's regular daily allowance of food; (hence) a regular portion or allowance. obsolete
- 11 the expected or commonplace condition or situation wordnet
- 12 Something ordinary or regular.; A meal provided for a set price at an eating establishment. historical
"In short, Mr. Jolter could give a very good account of the stages on the road, and […] was a connoisseur in ordinaries, from twelve to five and thirty livres […]."
- 13 Something ordinary or regular.; A place where such meals are served; a public tavern, inn. archaic, historical
"Vpon feſtiuall daies he goes to Court, and ſalutes vvithout re-ſaluting: at night in an Ordinarie he confeſſeth the buſineſſe in hand, and ſeemes as conuerſant with all intents and plots, as if he begot them."
- 14 Something ordinary or regular.; One of the standard geometric designs placed across the center of a coat of arms, such as a pale or fess.
- 15 Something ordinary or regular.; An ordinary person or thing; something commonplace.
"Spain had no other wars save those of the Low Countries, which were grown into an ordinary"
- 16 Something ordinary or regular.; The usual course of things; normal condition or health; a standard way of behaviour or action. Ireland, Scotland
"I ſee no more in you than in the ordinary / Of nature's ſalework."
- 17 Something ordinary or regular.; A penny farthing bicycle. historical
- 18 Something ordinary or regular.; A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.
- 19 Something ordinary or regular.; A part of the Christian liturgy that is reasonably constant without regard to the date on which the service is performed.; Alternative letter-case form of Ordinary (“those parts of the Mass which are consistent from day to day”). alt-of
- 20 A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.; A devotional manual; a book setting our rules for proper conduct. obsolete
- 21 A book setting out ordinary or regular conduct.; A rule, or book of rules, prescribing the order of a liturgy, especially of Mass. especially
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).
From Anglo-Norman ordenarie, ordenaire et al., Middle French ordinaire, and their source, Medieval Latin ordinarius, noun use of Latin ōrdinārius (“regular, orderly”), from ōrdō (“order”).
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